Pleros, N.N.PlerosVyrsokinos, K.K.VyrsokinosPapaioannou, S.S.PapaioannouFitsios, D.D.FitsiosTsilipakos, O.O.TsilipakosPitilakis, A.A.PitilakisKriezis, E.E.KriezisMiliou, A.A.MiliouTekin, T.T.TekinBaus, M.M.BausKarl, M.M.KarlKalavrouziotis, D.D.KalavrouziotisGiannoulis, I.I.GiannoulisAvramopoulos, H.H.AvramopoulosDjellali, N.N.DjellaliWeeber, J.-C.J.-C.WeeberMarkey, L.L.MarkeyDereux, A.A.DereuxGosciniac, J.J.GosciniacBozhevolnyi, S.S.Bozhevolnyi2022-03-112022-03-112010https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/36917110.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.56988102-s2.0-79951940520We present recent work that is carried out within the FP7 project PLATON on novel Tb/s switch fabric architectures and technologies for optical interconnect applications, employing heterointegration of plasmonics, silicon photonics and electronics.en621Tb/s switching fabrics for optical interconnects using heterointegration of plasmonics and silicon photonics: The FP7 PLATON approachconference paper